Not Knowing Is Most Intimate

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Two Zen teachers meet; one is carrying his bags. "Where are you going?", inquires the first teacher.

"I'm going on a pilgrimage", the other teacher responds.

"What's the purpose of pilgrimage?" asks the first teacher.

"I don't know." he responds.

"Not knowing is most intimate." Replies the first teacher

This phrase, "not knowing is most intimate" could be said to be the heart of Zen philosophy. It is also much like the second part of the "...